Brig

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A two-masted sailing ship, square-rigged on both masts.
  • n. A jail or prison on board a U.S. Navy or Coast Guard vessel.
  • n. A jail or guardhouse, especially on the premises of a U.S. military installation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
  • n. A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
  • n. A Scottish variation of bridge
  • n. Brigadier.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A bridge.
  • n. A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.
  • n. On a United States man-of-war, the prison or place of confinement for offenders.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A bridge.
  • n. A utensil used in breweries and in dairies to set the strainer on.
  • n. A kind of iron set over a fire.
  • n. A ledge of rocks running out into the sea.
  • n. A vessel with two masts square-rigged, nearly like a ship's mainmast and foremast.
  • n. The place on board a man-of-war where prisoners are confined.
  • n. An abbreviation of Brigade; Brigadier.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
  • n. a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bridge   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Whig    big    dig    fig    gig    jig    pig    pigg    prig    renege   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    schooner    sloop    frigate    steamer    gunboat    warship    brigantine    privateer    yacht    men-of-war